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6Q CLARK GENEALOGY. V. William Watkinson, b. Nov. 20, 1859, in San Francisco, vi. Elizabeth, b. July 3, 1861, in Petaluma, Cal. 38. Denuis ItVootli'iiff'' {Abraham,^ 3Iervin,^ John,^ Matthew ^'^ John'), b. May 27, 1819, in Farmington ; m. Aug. 22, 1850, Mary Caroline Hubbs, born April 1, 1819, in Portland, Maine, daughter of Alexander and Mary (Lowell) Hubbs. The following statement of the principal facts of his life was contributed by a member of the family : " Mr. Clark was born in Farmington, May 27, 1819. Leaving that town with his father's family, when about eleven years old, he spent twenty-two years in the West, finally locat- ing in Portland, Maine, where he is now living. Going West in 1831, he had no opportunity for more than a common school education. His business education commenced as a clerk in the book-store of Mr. Jeremy L. Cross, in New Haven, Ct. After removing West he was clerk for merchants in Naples and Jacksonville, Illinois, and St. Louis, Missouri. Leaving St. Louis in 1845, he made his first venture in business at Rockingham, Iowa, but afterwards went to Platteville, Wisconsin, where he engaged in mining and mercantile pursuits until 1852. While living in Platteville he united, March 10, 1844, with the Presbyterian church, and August 22,1850, was married in Portland, Maine, to Miss Hubbs, daughter of Capt. Alexander Hubbs. In 1852 a partnership was formed with his brother, Dr. J. W. Clark, and brother-in-law, Mr. Elias Gill, under the firm name of Gill, Clark & Co., for trad- ing in California. Here his next two years were spent in San Francisco and Sacramento. Returning in 1854, he located in Portland, and has for twenty-eight years been engaged in the ice business in that city, for nineteen years carrying on
IIENNIS WOODRUFF, JANE ELIZA. 67 the business alone, taking a partner in 1873, and organizing the business into a joint stock company in 1882. The Clark & Chaplin Ice Co., of which he is the president, represents a large and well-established business, cutting, storing, and shipping ice in large quantities, in addition to the local city trade. He has also been connected with other business en- terprises. He was treasurer of the Leeds & Farmington R. R. Co. from December, 1869, until it was sold to the Maine Central R. R. ; afterward a director of the Portland & Ogdensburg R. R. in 1872, while the road was being con- structed through tlie mountains and until it was completed and the cars were running through Crawford Notch, resigning in 1879. In 1873 he was chosen a director, and afterwards president, of the Portland Water Company, which position he now occupies." Children : i. Mary Milicent, b. July 19, 1851 ; d. Sept. 1, 1854, in Chicago. ii. Alexander Hubbs, b. Feb. 26, 1853 ; d. Aug. 2, 1853. iii. Emma Washburn, b. March 26, 1855 ; m. Dec. 29, 1881, George Washington Percy, born July 6, 1847, in Hath, Maine, son of Josiah and Beulah (Bowker) Percy. iv. Isabella Tyler, b. Nov. 26, 1857. V. Mervin Washburn, b. July 27, 1861. 39. SANFORD. Jane Eliza'' (^Abrahavi,^ Mervin,'* John,^ 3Iatthew,^ John''), b. Dec. 9, 1822, in Farmington ; m. Jan. 26, 1858, in San Francisco, Edmund Philo Sanford, born Aug. 25, 1826, in Newark, N. J. ; d. Feb. 14, 1880, son of Philo and Martha (Druce) Sanford. The following extracts from the sermon delivered in the First Congregational Church of Oakland, Cal , at his funeral, give the most prominent facts of his life:
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EARLY SETTLERS NAMED JOHN CLARK. JO
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JOHN CLARK OF HARTFORD. 9 "February
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Page 31 and 32: MATTHEVV, ELIZABETH. 23 have former
Page 33 and 34: ELIZABETH, REBECCA. 25 vii. Jonatha
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Page 37 and 38: MARY. 29 Lieut. Samuel was son of D
Page 39 and 40: MARTHA. 31 Feb. 12, 1727-8, aged 60
Page 41 and 42: HANNAH, RACHEL. 33 married 2d, Apri
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Page 47 and 48: MKRCY. 39 193, to William Wadswoitl
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Page 53 and 54: RUTH. 45 vii{. Jonathan, b. March 7
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Page 57 and 58: ORNAN, ABRAHAM. 49 son of Alvin and
Page 59 and 60: ABRAHAM. 51 of his younger clays, b
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Page 69 and 70: JOSEPH WASHBURN. 61 born August 24,
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Page 79 and 80: MATILDA, ABEL NEWELL. 71 The above
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Page 87 and 88: MARY ANTOINETTE, REBECCA SMALLEY. 7
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